I teach a college course called United States History Since 1945. It’s a fun class because the students and I get to reflect on U.S. social, political, economic, and military history of the last seventy odd years. It’s one of those classes where I can show the hilarious episode of I Love Lucy called “Job […]
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Living with severe depression and other mental issues is a very strange experience. For me it started early. I was about 14. But I hid it well. I was ashamed of my feelings, so I learned to bury them. That worked for a decade and a half. Then I just lost it. Complete nervous breakdown.
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Recently, a colleague accused me of being a liberal. This is a charge I vigorously deny. I’m an Independent. There’s nothing inherently wrong with being a liberal. But while I like the color blue, I also like red. His accusation inspired some self-examination. I realize this is more of a liberal than a conservative trait.
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It’s the first day of the New Year and I have survived. No, not because of a wild party or hangover. Those days are long behind me, thank goodness. But New Year’s Eve has mostly meant one thing for me: the anniversary of my father’s birth. This year, he missed his eighty-ninth birthday by three
I love words. All sorts of words, and the weirder the better. I learn new ones all the time, even getting a word delivered each day to my inbox so I can increase my vocabulary. My favorite part of words is their etymology, and if I had a chance to study word origins specifically, I
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Something interesting just happened in the world of UFO disclosure. On December 16, 2017, the New York Times ran an article covering some salient UFO-related topics. First, the authors mentioned the Defense Department’s admission of the $22 million Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program designed to investigate UFO reports. The program, facilitated by former Senate majority leader Harry
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